Martin Roscoe (born 3 August 1952) is an English classical pianist. He performs as a concerto soloist, as a recitalist and as a chamber musician.[1]

Early life

Martin Roscoe was born in Halton, Runcorn, Cheshire. He first became serious about music at the age of 7 after being ‘bowled over’ by a performance at The Proms of the Symphonie Fantastique by Berlioz on 19 August 1959. He later went on to study at the Royal Manchester College of Music with Gordon Green and Marjorie Clementi.[2] Awards early in his career included the Davas Gold Medal in 1973, the Silver Medal of the Worshipful Company of Musicians in 1974, the British Liszt Piano Competition in 1976[3] and he was a prizewinner in the Sydney International Piano Competition in 1981.[4]

Career

Roscoe has developed close links with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the Manchester Camerata.[2] He has played as a soloist under many of the world's leading conductors, including Simon Rattle, Kent Nagano, Libor Pešek, Luciano Berio, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Andrew Litton and Mark Wigglesworth.[1][5] He gives regular recitals at the Wigmore Hall. Roscoe has appeared in BBC Henry Wood Promenade Concerts on six occasions and has made over 300 broadcasts with the BBC. He has an international reputation and has played in many countries, including Hong Kong, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, South America, Australia, USA and France.[5]

As a student, he formed a piano duo with Peter Donohoe and they have performed and made recordings together since. Their recording of music by Gershwin on Carlton Classics was chosen as Editor's Choice in the August 1997 issue of Gramophone.[5] As a chamber musician he has performed with Tasmin Little, Emma Johnson, Steven Isserlis, Michael Collins, Steven Osborne, the Leopold String Trio and the Chilingirian, Vanbrugh, Tale, Schidlof, Carmina, Brodsky, Endellion and Sorrel String Quartets.[1][5] The details of Roscoe's recordings are shown in the table below.

Before becoming a teacher at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Roscoe had held positions at the Royal Northern College of Music[2] and the Royal Academy of Music.[1] He is the artistic director of the Beverley Chamber Music Festival and the Ribble Valley International Piano Week.[1] He has been granted an honorary Doctorate of Music by the University of Hull.[3]

Discography

Year Title Composer Record Company Reference Other artistes
1993 Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor, Op. 5
Piano Concerto No 2 in B minor, Op. 42		 Dohnányi Hyperion CDA66684[6] BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
1993 Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes Copland ASV Platinum PLT 8504[7] Michael Collins, clarinet
Vanbrugh Quartet
1994 Dolly Suite Fauré Hyperion CDA66911/4[8] Kathryn Stott, piano
1994 Dance Suite, Op. 28
Piano Concerto, Op. 26
Variations, Op. 36		 Bernard Stevens Marco Polo 8.223480[9] Ireland National Symphony Orchestra
1994 Fratres (1980); Spiegel im Spiegel Arvo Pärt EMI Classics for Pleasure 5758052[10] Tasmin Little, violin
1995 Piano Works, Volume 1 Szymanowski Naxos 8.553016[11]
1995 Quintet for Piano and Strings, Op. 67
Trio for Piano and Strings

Sonata for Viola/Cello and Piano

 Amy Beach
Rebecca Clarke
Rebecca Clarke		 ASV 932[12] Endellion String Quartet
1996 Piano Works, Volume 2 Szymanowski Naxos 8.553300[13]
1996 Piano Works, Volume 3 Szymanowski Naxos 8.553867[14]
1997 Rhapsody in Blue
Porgy and Bess Fantasia		 Gershwin Carlton Classics 30368 01297[15] Peter Donohoe, piano
1998 Piano Concerto No 1 in F major, Op. 10
Piano Concerto No 2 in C major, Op. 24		 Ignaz Brüll Hyperion CDA67069[16] BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
1998 Piano Sonatas Clementi CRD Records CRD 3500[17]
1998 Violin Sonata in E minor
Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor		 Elgar
Bax		 Global Music Network GMNC 0113[18] Tasmin Little, violin
1998 Works for cello and piano Rachmaninoff Black Box BBM1044[19] Moray Welsh, cello
2001 Peacock Pie Various Hyperion CDA67316[20] Guildhall Strings
2001 Piano Concerto in B flat minor, Op. 27
Piano Concerto in B flat major		 Robert Fuchs
Friedrich Kiel		 Hyperion CDA67354[21] BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
2002 Concerto for two pianos and orchestra Bliss Naxos 8.557146[22] Peter Donohoe, piano
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
2002 Music for two pianos Rachmaninoff Naxos 8.557062[23] Peter Donohoe, piano
2002 The Berserking James MacMillan Chandos CHAN 10092[24] BBC Philharmonic
2002 Warsaw Concerto from
Dangerous Moonlight		 Richard Addinsell
(arr. Roy Douglas)		 Chandos CHAN 10046[25] BBC Philharmonic
2003 Visions de l'Amen Messiaen Hyperion CDA67366[26] Steven Osborne, piano
2003 Piano transcriptions Bach, transcribed Samuil Feinberg Hyperion CDA67468[27]
2003 Phantasy, Piano Quartet in F♯ minor Bridge Naxos 8.557283[28] Maggini Quartet
2003 Piano Works, Volume 4 Szymanowski Naxos 8.557168[29]
2004 From The Unforgettable Year 1919 Shostakovich Chandos CHAN 10361[30] BBC Philharmonic
2005 Piano Quintet, Op. 57 Shostakovich Chandos CHAN 10329[31] Sorrel Quartet
2005 Ballade No. 1
Ballade
Kreisleriana		 Chopin
Robert Keeley
Schumann		 Dunelm DRD0247[32]
2006 Music for two pianos Bax Naxos 8.570413[33] Ashley Wass, piano
2006 Violin Sonata in D, Op. 12, No 1
Violin Sonata in C minor, Op. 30, No. 2
Violin Sonata in G, Op. 96		 Beethoven ASV Gold GLD4023[34] Peter Cropper, violin
2011 Highland Concerto
Normandy (Symphonic Variations)
Concertstück		 Somervell
Cowen		 Hyperion Records CDA67837[35] BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
? Silentium Arvo Pärt EMI Classics 5624342[36]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Martin Roscoe, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, archived from the original on 9 April 2008, retrieved 5 March 2008
  2. 1 2 3 Morrison, Bryce (2001). "Martin Roscoe". In Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 978-1-56159-239-5. ‎
  3. 1 2 Martin Roscoe (Piano), Bach Cantatas Website, retrieved 5 March 2008
  4. ↑ 1981 Prize-Winners, The Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia, retrieved 4 March 2008
  5. 1 2 3 4 Biography, Global Music Network, retrieved 7 March 2008
  6. ↑ The Romantic Piano Concerto – 6, Hyperion Records, retrieved 6 March 2008
  7. ↑ Aaron Copland, MusicNet, archived from the original on 26 April 2003, retrieved 6 March 2008
  8. ↑ Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) The Complete Music for Piano, Hyperion Records, retrieved 6 March 2008
  9. ↑ Stevens, B.: Piano Concerto / Dance Suite / Variations, Naxos Digital Services, retrieved 6 March 2008
  10. ↑ Fratres etc, Selections, archived from the original on 16 July 2011, retrieved 6 March 2008
  11. ↑ Szymanowski: Piano Works, Vol. 1, Naxos Digital Services, retrieved 6 March 2008
  12. ↑ Beach: Piano Quintet; Clarke / Roscoe, Endellion Quartet, L'Atelier Grigorian, retrieved 6 March 2008
  13. ↑ Szymanowski: Piano Works, Vol. 2, Naxos Digital Services, retrieved 6 March 2008
  14. ↑ Szymanowski: Piano Works, Vol. 3, Naxos Digital Services, retrieved 6 March 2008
  15. ↑ Film Music on the Web, MusicWeb, retrieved 6 March 2008
  16. ↑ The Romantic Piano Concerto – 20, Hyperion Records, retrieved 6 March 2008
  17. ↑ Clementi Piano Sonatas, CRD Records, retrieved 6 March 2008
  18. ↑ Elgar & Bax, MusicWeb, archived from the original on 5 May 2002, retrieved 6 March 2008
  19. ↑ Rachmaninov: Works for cello and piano, MusicWeb, archived from the original on 10 January 2003, retrieved 6 March 2008
  20. ↑ Peacock Pie, Hyperion Records, retrieved 6 March 2008
  21. ↑ The Romantic Piano Concerto – 31, Hyperion Records, retrieved 6 March 2008
  22. ↑ Bliss: Piano Concerto / Piano Sonata / Concerto for 2 Pianos, Naxos Digital Services, retrieved 6 March 2008
  23. ↑ Rachmaninov: Music for 2 Pianos, Naxos Digital Services, retrieved 6 March 2008
  24. ↑ James MacMillan (b. 1959), Chandos, retrieved 6 March 2008
  25. ↑ The Film Music of Richard Addinsell, Chandos, retrieved 6 March 2008
  26. ↑ Messiaen: Visions de l'Amen and other piano music, Hyperion Records, retrieved 6 March 2008
  27. ↑ Bach Piano Transcriptions – 4, Hyperion Records, retrieved 6 March 2008
  28. ↑ Bridge: Phantasy / String Quartets Nos. 2 and 4, Naxos Digital Services, retrieved 6 March 2008
  29. ↑ Szymanowski: Piano Works, Vol. 4, Naxos Digital Services, retrieved 6 March 2008
  30. ↑ The Film Music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Volume 3, Chandos, retrieved 6 March 2008
  31. ↑ Shostakovich: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 6, Chandos, retrieved 6 March 2008
  32. ↑ Martin Roscoe: A celebrity recital from the Fifth Chetham's International Summer School and Festival for Pianists, MusicWeb, archived from the original on 3 June 2006, retrieved 6 March 2008
  33. ↑ Bax: Piano Works, Vol. 4 – Music for 2 Pianos, Naxos Digital Services, retrieved 6 March 2008
  34. ↑ The Complete Violin Sonatas Vol.1, MusicNet, archived from the original on 6 September 2008, retrieved 6 March 2008
  35. ↑ France, John (October 2011). "Somervell & Cowen Piano Concertos". Musicweb International. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  36. ↑ PART Choral Works, Selections.com, archived from the original on 16 July 2011, retrieved 6 March 2008
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